https://github.com/coot/system
Vim plugin which gives a nice interface with the os programs.
https://github.com/coot/system
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Vim plugin which gives a nice interface with the os programs.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/coot/system
- Owner: coot
- Created: 2014-02-05T00:51:32.000Z (over 12 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2014-02-13T08:27:13.000Z (over 12 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-01-30T12:13:12.289Z (over 1 year ago)
- Language: VimL
- Size: 152 KB
- Stars: 2
- Watchers: 3
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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- Readme: README.markdown
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README
# System Vim Plugin
This is a tiny vim script which might have been discovered ages ago (but I am
unaware). Its rather for vim than gvim users.
When executing commands from vim you enter a vim shell where you see the
output. In many situations this is not what you want and you'd prefer
```viml
:call system("command")
```
but it is a lot to type, and you don't have completion. With this snippet
every command which starts with:
```viml
:! command
```
(note the space after the `!`) will be wrapped into `system()` and the output
will be echoed. The plugin refreshes the history with what you typed rather
than the call to the `system()` function.
There are some configuration variables:
```viml
g:system_expand = 1
```
by default `%` (with modifiers) is expanded in the same way as by the `:!`.
```viml
g:system_echocmd = 0
```
echo the command together with its output (by default off).
The reason why I like it is that I have different background colors in vim
(dark) and terminal (light). If I stay inside vim I am not flushed with
bright colors which is a annoying (and may be eyes tiring).
Benefits: you get completion for system commands and system files.
You can use the expression register with Vim 7.3.686. With an earlier version
you will not be able to use it.
# Requirements
You have to also install [CRDispatcher](https://github.com/coot/CRDispatcher)
plugin.
I learned how to do that reading the
[EmacsCommandLine Plugin](https://github.com/houtsnip/vim-emacscommandline).
Other plugins with shell like functionality:
* [vim-addon-async](https://github.com/MarcWeber/vim-addon-async)
* [Conque Shell Plugin](http://code.google.com/p/conque)
* [VimProc Plugin](http://github.com/Shougo/vimproc/tree/master/doc/vimproc.txt)
## Copyright
© Marcin Szamotulski, 2012-2014
## License
Vim license, see :help license